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MICHAEL H. SULLIVAN, 0E `PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

Letters .Patent No. 78,155, dated Mag] 19, 1868.

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reference being had to the accompanying drawings, fdrming part of this specification, in which- Be it known that I, MICHAELH. SHLLIYAN, of Providence, in the county of Providence, and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and improved Cribbing-Preventer; and I do hereby declarethat the following is u. full, clear, and exact description thereofywhich will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the-same;

Figurel is a' perspective View ofthe preventer when attached to the animal. I y .Figure 2 is a perspective detail of the same. y

' Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. u .i y This invention relates to an improvementfor preventing and breaking horses from cribbing. It consists of an angular or curved plate, B, of metal or other suitable material, covered with leather. Attached to the plate is a strap, A, for buckling around the horse's head `infront of the ears, `as shown,` i Secured to the lplate aretwo eyes or collars z'lz". p l i I b is a shank, havingrsufcient longitudinal motion within the lcollarsz' z" torpresentthe prickn-g-peints g g, which are attached to' and form a partof it,-beyond the edge of the plate i 1 Coiled around the shank b is a helical spring, s, which may be substituted bya rubber sleeve toserve a 'similar purpose, which is the retiring of the points 'g g to` the position shown. in the drawing, whenthe force is removed that thrusts them beyond the said edge of thepglateB. i ,i m ,uw

A screw, m, is formed on the shank b, the object of which is to receivc'a hollow spind, 1`e,a, formed with a corresponding hollow screw, as shown in ig. 2.' p y Ti l The tension of the spring s is ex ertcd against'the collar t' and the end o'f the spindle @whereby the prieking-4 points g g are kept withdrawn in the manne'r before described. V 4 y i p i The spindle movesfreely within the ycollar a", and is provided with a shoulder or ange, n, for` limitingits l longitudinal motion, so that, when the said iiange comes in contact with the collar z" the prickingpoints gg'cari i be projected no farther.

By screwing or'unscrewing this spring, the points g g are adjusted so as to produce less or\greater priekingaction, and if none is required, as may be the case at time-s, this action can be altogether prevented, by screwing i u-p the spindle until its llange'n touches or nearly touches the said collar i', as before studied.`

l This crib'bing-vpreventer, when attached in .the angle formed bythe head and n eck of a horse, as shown in p the drawing, will prevent and ultimatelybreak the animal from'the vice of cribbing, for'whcnbe'nding toj seize the trough, manger, bitching-post, or neck-yoke, the head is flexed back against the neck, and the end, k, of the spindle, impinging against thejaw, thrusts the pricking-points into the neck, causing `the animal to desist.

l sensation produced. by the same, to deter them from. persisting in the vice.

Being adjustable, as before shown, the improvement canbe applied vto horses more or less addicted to the practice, for, while those with which this vice has' become habitual require to feel the points severely-'young horses, and those just acquiring the habit, are better managed iin this particular with a very slight orno pricking.

Some animals being very sensitive, the presence of the plate and strap alone is suilicent, from the unusual Those devi-ces for this purpose heretofore made consisted of rude points rigidly attached to a strap or collar, thus renderingl them unadjustable, and liableto'inlictdangerous wounds on the animal. l p

This objection is removed in my invention, which has, in addition, the advantages of simplicity, general adaptability, and moderate expense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The combination of the pricking-points g, screw-shank b, hollow spindle :Hspring s, and plate B, substantially as described, for the purpose specified. Y Y p t 2. The plate B, in combination 1.ifith the longitudinally-sliding pricking-points g, substantiallyl vas and for the purpose shown and described. i

MICHAEL H. SULLIVAN.

Witnesses: Y

C. B. THOMPSON, ALEX. F. Renners. i l 'i f 

